Japanese Religion That Claims It Can Cure Covid-19Happy Science, which boasts millions of followers, is led by a man who channels Buddha (and Jesus and Freddie Mercury) and says he can defeat the coronavirus. For a fee.($100 to $400 USD) The New York Times | April 16, 2020... Happy Science is offering “spiritual vaccines” — for a fee, the faithful can be blessed with a ritual prayer to ward off and cure the disease......Hundreds of Happy Science texts... with titles like “Alien Invasion,” ... “Spiritual Message From the Guardian Spirit of Donald Trump,” and so on.<skip>...According to Happy Science, the virus was created as a bioweapon by the Chinese government in Wuhan, and then, in a twist, it was unleashed by a U.F.O. to punish the communists for their godless ways. It has spread to other lands that lack true faith.This material was quickly published as three booklets in Japanese and has now been translated in English this month as “Spiritual Reading of Novel Coronavirus Infection Originated in China.” More...